Do you remember Woolworth back in the 1950s and 1960s?

When I grew up in Faribault, Minnesota, we had a Woolworth dime store. I am sure many of you did too. In my opinion, the best part of the Woolworth dime store was its lunch counter. I would hurry out of junior high school to go uptown just to have something to eat at their lunch counter. I loved the tulip sundaes and the malted milks. They are still the best I have ever had! The sundaes had lots of hot fudge on them, whipped cream, and a cherry on top! The malted milks were thick and creamy with lots of malt. They don't make them like they used to...

Just look at the prices in the menu below - my favorites were only 25 cents each. Back then I was really skinny so I tried gaining weight by eating these delicious treats.

One other thing I really liked about Woolworths was their photo booth. We had so much fun there and took such crazy pictures...

Woolworth has a long and interesting history. The F.W. Woolworth Co. was among the first five-and-dime stores that sold discounted general merchandise usually for five or ten cents. Woolworth, as the stores popularly became known, was one of the first American retailers to put merchandise out for the shopping public to handle and select without the assistance of a sales clerk.

The first Woolworth store was founded in 1879 by Frank Winfield Woolworth. It grew to be one of the largest retail chains in the world through most of the 20th century. In the 1980s increased competition led to its decline. The chain went out of business in 1997, when the company decided to focus on the Foot Locker division and renamed itself Venator Group. By 2001 the company focused exclusively on the sporting goods market and changed its name to the present Foot Locker, Inc.

If you have fond memories of Woolworth Dime Store, let me know and I will add them...